Mac Hickman, left, new Rotary District 6670 Governor, administers the Oath of Office to incoming Batavia Rotary President Michael Chapman as Immediate Past Club President Michael Enriquez and President-Elect Jennifer Fisher watch.

The Rotary Club of Batavia held their 2013 Pass the Gavel Dinner June 30. This annual meeting recognizes the accomplishments of members who have lived by the Rotary motto "Service Above Self," and have given back to their community in many ways throughout the previous year.

Those who were recognized at the event include Peter Weiglin, outgoing district governor, who spent the year traveling to the 51 clubs that make up District 6670 in Southwest Ohio; George M. (Mac) Hickman, incoming district governor, who just returned from the Rotary International Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Batavia Rotary was honored to have two back-to-back district governors from the same club.

Eric Marcus from the Beavercreek Rotary Club was recognized, as well as Bill Shula of the Rotary Club of Cincinnati. Marcus will serve as district governor in 2014-2015, and Shula will follow as district governor in 2015-2016.

Enriquez was honored as outgoing club president. During his one-year term, Batavia Rotary participated in many community services projects including: Purchasing dictionaries for third graders and thesauruses for fifth graders at Batavia and Clermont Northeastern schools; assisting with Wrapping Clermont Together; hosting a spaghetti dinner and raffle to raise money for scholarships; holding an auction to commemorate the Batavia Rotary's 75th anniversary with proceeds going to the Batavia Rotary Foundation for scholarships and youth exchange projects; hosting an Easter Egg Hunt at the Batavia Township Community Park; and ending with the Jim Bushman Memorial Golf Outing June 19.

Chapman will serve as Batavia's Rotary's 75th Club President in the 2013-2014 year. Goals he set for the next year include engaging every member and helping them find their passion to achieve greater results than ever before, focusing on expanding and diversifying club membership, implementing new collaborative practices and procedures that involve every member and yield measurable outcomes, and building on the good work the club has done in the past.

If interested in learning more about how to serve the Clermont County community, consider joining Rotary. The Batavia Club meets weekly at 7 a.m. in the Hawk Building, Clermont County Airport, 4160 Taylor Road. For more information, visit www.batavia-rotary.org.

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Batavia Rotary passes the gavel

The Rotary Club of Batavia held their 2013 Pass the Gavel Dinner June 30. This annual meeting recognizes the accomplishments of members who have lived by the Rotary motto '